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Local Author Judi Moore has won the inaugural 2018 Georgina Hawtrey-Woore Award for Independent Authors (fiction) with her novella Little Mouse.

As a senior editor at Arrow, Georgina was determined that her authors should fulfil their potential, and she was also a great supporter of Words for the Wounded who founded the competition.

A little about Judi Moore

I’ve been a professional writer since 1997. As I have not yet hit the big time with my writing I’ve been living on bowls of fresh air and steam for more than 20 years. I’ve enjoyed every day of it. However, it is lovely to occasionally receive validation for one’s creative endeavours, so I’m delighted that my novella, Little Mouse, has been awarded the well-regarded Georgina Hawtrey-Woore Award for independently-published adult fiction this year.

I write poetry; long and short fiction; reviews of poetry, books and music; and worked as a part-time creative writing university tutor for some years. In 2016 the Open University choir commissioned me to write lyrics for a 20-minute piece of choral music celebrating Milton Keynes, which was another lovely validation. It premiered in November 2017. Sadly there is not yet a recording of the piece, but my recording of the poem can be heard here: https://vimeo.com/255884960